Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/17/2022

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100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

An in-depth study reveals the scope and severity of medical debt in the US is much worse than previously thought.

Mexico to Take Legal Action Against US Construction Materials Giant, Vulcan, for Environmental Damage

The Mexican government’s legal action against Vulcan has drawn accusations of “anti-business attitude[s] and rhetoric” from both sides of the US Senate.

Noam Chomsky: Ukraine Is a Diplomacy No-Go Zone

If this is what Western “realism” about Ukraine looks like, our goose is cooked.

Railroads, Logistics, and War, US Versus Russian Style

Now the Russian military is supposedly no good because it relies arguably overmuch on railroads and muscle rather than pallets and forklifts.

Gazprom Reduces Gas Flows To Italy

More on the dastardly gast cuts to Europe by Gazprom.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2022

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JFK’s Canadian Coup

When Canadian PM John Diefenbaker said no to nuclear missiles in 1961, JFK helped Lester Pearson replace him.

Fertilizer Prices Are Soaring – and That’s an Opportunity to Promote More Sustainable Ways of Growing Crops

The fertilizer price crisis may represent an opportunity….but can farmers take advantage of it?

SWIFT Dollar Decline

US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining post-Second World War dollar dominance. Countries threatened are respond pro-actively.

After Decades of God-like Omnipotence, Central Bankers Are Finally Falling Back Down to Earth

For the first time in a very long time, central bankers are coming under friendly fire as they lose control over some of the economic forces they themselves have helped to generate.

Anschluss, Again — Anticipating Poland’s Strategy in Russia’s Intelligence Assessment

Is Poland scheming? And if so, what might come of its plans?

Race Is Often Used as Medical Shorthand for How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want to Change That.

How race factors into medical assessments, often not properly.